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Administrative Areas

Ward
Crossways
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
163
Population
463
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
140
England❚DT2 8XT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
463
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
343
Single
99
Married
188
Separated
9
Divorced
34
Widowed
13

Health

Population
463
Very good
239
Good
163
Fair
47
Bad
6
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
343
England❚DT2 8XT❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
76
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
63
Apprenticeship
93
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
463
White British
440
White Gypsy
1
White Other
12
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
463
England
419
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
11
Wales
4
Germany
8
Spain
1
Poland
2
Romania
2
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
India
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
463
Christian
284
Buddhist
3
Hindu
1
No religion
143
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
252
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Mining
3
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
45
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
32
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
335
England❚DT2 8XT❚
Full-Time employee
147
Part-Time employee
61
Self employed
35
Unemployed
10
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
163
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
86
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
165
Occupied
163
Unoccupied
2
Detached
49
Semi detached
60
Terraced
54
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
163
One person
22
Two people
55
Three people
34
Four people
34
Five people
15
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

DT2 8TX DT2 8UP DT2 8XQ DT2 8UW DT2 8UR DT2 8UT DT2 8WL DT2 8WJ DT2 8WU DT2 8BL DT2 8WR DT2 8WT

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019